Honey badgers are intelligent animals and are one of a few species known to be capable of using tools.

They are tireless in combat and can wear out much larger animals in physical confrontations.

As with other mustelids of relatively large size, such as wolverines and badgers, honey badgers are notorious for their strength, ferocity and toughness. They have been known to savagely and fearlessly attack almost any kind of animal when escape is impossible, reportedly even repelling much larger predators such as lions. - I guess that includes tigers too, Howe